An Authentic Key to the Door of FREEMASONRY, Ancient and Modern. Lancaster: Printed by Joseph Ehrenfried. 1812. pp. viii. and 438. 8vo.

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[A French edition (Londres, 1797–8), 4 vols. 8vo. B. P. L. For a notice of this excellent Jesuit, d. 1820, æt. 80, among his former confrères in France, v. De Feller Dict. Hist. and L'Ami de la Religion et du Roi, vol. xxv., pp. 401–11.]

BAUDRAN.-The Elevation of the Soul to God, by Means of Spiritual Considerations and Affections. Translated from the French of l'Abbé B. By R. P. First American from the Third London Edition.

Two volumes in one. Philadelphia: Printed for Bernard Dornin. 1817.

I 2mo.

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I. pp. iii.-v. Preface (by the translator ?); vii.-ix., Contents; text, pp. 13–186. II. pp. 187-357; verso of last page the following:

BERNARD DORNIN RESPECTFULLY informs his friends that he has taken up his residence in the City of Philadelphia, conceiving it the most central part of the Union, and from which he means to continue disseminating religious instruction for the edification of his Catholic brethren in the United States.

He has opened store at the CORNER OF WALNUT AND THIRD STREETS, Exactly opposite the Establishment of Mr. Caldcleugh, where he humbly solicits their kind patronage.

Seven unnumbered pages are taken up with subscribers' names. [The above work is a translation from the French L'Ame

élevée à Dieu, par Baudran, 2-12mo, by Fr. Robert Plowden, S.J. First edition, 2-12m0, Exeter, n. d. Fr. Bartholomew Baudran, S.J., b. in Vienne (Dauphiné), d. July 3, 1787. An edition of all his works (16 vols. 12mo) was first published in Besançon, 1829.]

BAXTER, REV. ROGER-S.J. Most Important Tenets of the Roman Catholic Church, fairly explained. Quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab omnibus creditum est." Vinc. Lir. Washington: Printed by Davis & Force, Publishers of the National Calender. 1820. pp. 76. 24m0.

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[The work is dedicated to Abp. Maréchal, of Baltimore, from Richmond, Va., September 20, 1819. Roger Baxter, b. in Lancashire, finished his studies at Stonyhurst, came to the United States-as Rev. A. Elder, S.S., informed me—a deacon (with Rev. Mr. Fairclough, who, being ordained in Baltimore, was appointed, a secular priest, to St. Mary's, Alexandria, Va.), d. in Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1827, æt. 34. A marble monument stands over his grave. He was the author also of Remarks on Le Mesurier's Sermon on the Invocation of Saints. Perhaps it is the sermon on St. Aloysius, a copy whereof is preserved, I think, in G. T. C.; v. supra, Alexandria Controversy. In latter years he published Meditations, etc., in connection with which some interesting items will be given in Part II. of this Bibliography.]

BAZELEY, C. W.-Arithmetical Rules and Tables of Money, Weights, etc., etc. Third Edition. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, and sold at the house of the late P. Byrne. William Fry, Printer. 1816. pp. 48. I 2mo.

[To which is added, in uniform printing but distinct paging

A Catechism; or, Short Abridgment of Christian Doctrine. Newly Revised for the Use of the Catholic Church in the United States of America. To which is prefixed A Short Daily Exercise. Published with the approbation of the Rt. Rev. Clergy. Philadelphia: Printed for the Publisher. William Fry, Printer. 1816. pp. 48. Abp. B.

I 2mo.

[In the last chapter, Catechism of Scripture Names, etc., are some not orthodox expressions. C. W. Bazeley acted as chairman in a pro-Hogan committee; v. Hoganiana, ad an. 1821, April. Not in Allibone.]

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, Rules and Orders to be Observed by the Baltimore [Catholic]-established in order to raise a Fund for the Mutual Relief of the Members thereof in case of Sickness or Infirmity, and for any other Charitable Purposes to which the Members of said Society may hereafter Baltimore: Printed by Samuel Sower.

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M, DCC, XCVI. Pp. 15. 12mo.

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[The Sowers (formerly Souer ?) are an honored name among printers. Christopher was a printer in Germantown, 1735, and d. July, 1799 (?) in Baltimore, where Samuel was also a printer in

1796, and Brock in 1810, and B. W. in 1822. There exists now the firm of Sower, Barnes & Potts, Booksellers, 500 Market Street, Philadelphia.]

BIBLES.-Old and New Testament.

[In the collection of the following titles I have freely used the great work of my venerable friend, Dr. E. B. O'Callaghan, to wit: A List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures and Parts thereof, printed in America previous to 1860. With Introduction and Bibliographical Notes. Albany: Munsell & Rowland. 1861. For what regards the publication of the Catholic text in this country, I refer my reader to pp. xxiv.-xxviii. of the Introduction to Dr. O'Callaghan's work. John Gilmary Shea (than whom none has more laboriously worked for the preservation of the monuments of Catholic history in this country, and the list of whose works, original or edited, will form a very large contribution to the pages of my catalogue) published in 1859, by the Cramoisy Press, in New York, A Bibliographical Account of Catholic Bibles, Testaments, and other Portions of Scripture Translated from the Latin Vulgate, and Printed in the United States. pp. 48. 12mo. Mr. Shea, with great courtesy, placed the corrected copy of his work at my disposal (for any use I may need to make of it). 1 have returned it since,]

1787. Selecta e Veteri Testamento Historiæ. Ad usum eorum que [qui?] Latinæ Linguæ Rudimentis imbuuntur. Nova Editio, Prioribus multo emendatior. Philadelphia: Excuderunt Prichard et Hall, vico vulgariter dicto Market Street, et J. James, vico Chestnut Street. M.DCC.LXXXVII. (New York State Library.)

"This work was originally composed by a former professor of the University of Paris, at the suggestion of Mr. Rollin. It contains extracts of some of the historical parts of the Old Testament, and the Histories of Joseph and Tobias entire.”—Preface (v. O'Callaghan, page 33, and "1804 Selectæ, and 1814 Epitome”).

[This is a Catholic work, and we are much mistaken if it was not published under the direction of the Jesuit Fathers; v. Lhomond.]

1790. The Holy Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate diligently compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and other Editions in Divers Languages; and first published by the English College at Doway, Anno 1609. Newly revised and corrected, according to the Clementine edition of the Scriptures. With Annotations for elucidating the principal difficulties of Holy Writ. "Haurietis aquas in gaudio de fontibus salvatoris."-Isaiæ xii. 3. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Carey, Stewart & Co. M.DCC.xc. 4. J. G. S. & Abp. B.

Two vols. bound in one; subscribers' names, pp. v.-viii.; at foot of page 284

"N. B.-The third and fourth book of Machabees, as also the third and fourth book of Esdras (which some call the first and second of Esdras), and the prayer of Manasses, are here omitted, because they have never been received by the Church." This is the first American edition of the Douay and Rheims versions of the Scriptures, and is supposed to be the first quarto Bible pub